I grew up in westchester - $14 tolls will be very bad for business on rockland side - i.e. Palisades mall and Woodbury Commons. If the state can find a way to pay for a rail line connecting Rockland county to White Plains via new Tappan Zee will improve economy in the northern suburbs. Many rockland commuters currently drive / carpool to train stations in westchester and traffic on the bridge is horrendus.

8:59 pm October 31, 2013

NEW TAXES! IT'S A COMIN! wrote:

If you live in either Rockland or Orange county that Bridge is going to cost at least twice as much as being projected. Your living in a fools paradise if you think big business is going to off set taxes incurred. Everyone knows big business's are given tax incentives to bring work to the locals and revenue to the counties. Who do you think is going to end up paying? Yes the home owners! The writing is on the wall. If you think property taxes are high now just wait!

10:42 pm October 31, 2013

ex-Bronxite wrote:

Rockland County is one of the worst financially managed counties in the state. House foreclosures are through the roof. Taxes of all kinds are punitive, at best. Just how much more can the people of Rockland take? The fact is, if the toll becomes too high, it will be one of the few remaining nails in the coffin of Rockland.

On top of that, if the de Blasio Administration in NYC's City Hall decide that it's more important to pay the welfare bills for illegal immigrants than to maintain police and fire protection, and the 1970s redux of laid off cops and firemen starts anew, Rockland will feel that pinch, too, as Rockland has been historically the 'bedroom community' for many members of the NYC Police and Fire Departments, along with other civil service workers.

Keep voting Democrat, people. You'll see the results soon enough.

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